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Sunday, October 4, 2009

Product review & giveaway: Wonder Bread

This is a compensated review from BlogHer and Wonder®.

The folks at Wonder asked us to do a taste test between three good sources of calcium: Wonder® bread, spinach, and red beans. You know how much we like taste tests around here, so we agreed in a heart beat.

On the day of the test, I arranged some cute pottery plates and bowls and offered the girls cooked spinach (with a little butter and seasoning), red beans, and a slice of Wonder bread and asked them to taste everything.

The Official Results:The girls preferred the Wonder bread hands down. I figured they might turn up their noses at the spinach, but was kind of surprised that my little legume-lovers weren't even tempted by the red beans. Interesting... It was also interesting to find out that Wonder bread has some seriously pumped up calcium levels—two slices have as much calcium as a glass of milk. I always figured that bread had a bunch of nutrients and carbs and all that, but never checked to see that some brands had calcium too (seriously, when I'm in the grocery store with the twinados, my only goal is to get in and out as fast as humanly possible and without injury to ourselves or innocent bystanders, there is no time for label reading). Just for kicks, I compared the Wonder bread against our family's standby bread, and a slice of Wonder has 15% of your daily calcium, while our old fave has 4%. Oh.

The Bottom Line:The kids loved it, and I like that I can give it instead of milk on days when their sensitive little stomachs are just not tolerating dairy products (yes we have gastro issues galore in this house). The adults preferred the Wonder bread over the spinach and red beans, but didn't prefer it over our family's standby bread.

Areas for Improvement: I think the Wonder bread is great for kids, but how about a hearty, seedy version that adults would go for? I'm a sucker for those local bakery loafs that are so heavy and have so many seeds that they pop off while you're trying to butter them. Mmmmmm, that's what I'm always trying to get close to with my grocery-store bread.

Giveaway for $100 plus a year of Wonder bread:The folks at Wonder are giving away a $100 Visa gift card plus a year’s supply of Wonder bread (that’s 52 coupons for one free loaf of Wonder® Classic White or Wonder® Classic White Sandwich bread) to one lucky Salsa reader. To enter, leave me a comment below and tell me your favorite kind of sandwich to make with Wonder bread (either now or when you were a kid).

The Rules:Giveaway open from 10/5/09 - 11/4/09. No duplicate comments. You may receive an additional entry by linking on Twitter and leaving a link in the comments. You may receive an additional entry by blogging about this contest and leaving a link in the comments. This giveaway is open to US-residents, aged 18 and over. Winners will be selected via random draw on 11/5/09, and will notified on this blog and by e-mail (if you have given a valid email). You have 48 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected.

271 comments:

Wow. First comment on Salsa. That's unheard of. We make lots of sandwiches around here, but on Wonder bread, there's nothing better than a good old PB&J. A close runner-up would be grilled cheese with cheddar and slices of granny smith apples, though.

I am a sucker for grilled cheese sandwiches on Wonder. Lightly spread mayo (yup, mayo) on both sides of the bread. Use 1.5 slices of American cheese because that is what is needed to cover every inch of bread. Lightly sprinkle with pepper and grill in a pan with a pat of butter. I'm hungry!

we ONLY used wonder bread growing up, especially overseas (lived in Bangladesh and Iran, and friends from the base would get it for us, dad was not military). i hated PB & J as a kid, so it was always, hands down, bologna and mustard for me. i know, right?!

I just ate it straight up! Love, love, love Wonder Bread. Yes, I should get that for April, too, who is lactose intolerant. I worry about her not getting enough Calcium, too. Wonder Bread straight up, while I was watching my Mom and Dad's home movies, while I was watching The Brady Bunch and Family Affair - yes, I remember it all.

I had two favorite sandwiches to make with white bread as a kid. Well, the first one is a real sandwich it was Wonder Bread, Oscar Meyer's bologna, and Kraft American cheese with a thin layer of Best Food Mayonnaise (no, I'm not getting paid to drop names, they just had to be these brands otherwise I could taste the difference). I also liked to make "sandwiches" of white bread with mayonnaise in between. Then I'd pull off a chunk and smash it between my fingers until it was a little dense bit and pop it in my mouth and eat. Yum. Haven't done either in a verrrrry long time. BTW, you can reach me at cgwms [at] yahoo [dot] com if I win. Thanks for letting me recant a sweet memory.

I guess I am just boring... I still love classic PB&J... especially on soft white bread. It always has to be strawberry jam and it is also best when the bread is toasted and the pb is starting to melt... yummy!

First the sandwich vote - for my 6 yr old it is nothing but lightly toasted Wonder Bread with PB!!

Now a suggestion if I may :Cook 2 C. Rice in chicken stock per pkge directions. Saute lightly 1/2 sweet onion in olive oil, add to this 1 pkge Frozen spinach (squeeze out all water first) & add Salt & pepper to taste. Mix this with you completed rice...THE ONLY WAY my child eats spinach! Goes well with Chicken, burgers, or pork chops.!

hmmm.. bread soo many good uses! In my case here, at the Toro house, I always loved Grilled Cheese my way: (2 slices of wonder bread, buttered on the outside, 2 slices of cheese, and mayo on the inside) Smack all that into a panini grill and i'm in HEAVEN! Jen might also post her idea of the best sandwich... but I still think mines the right choice!

Well I can Say I created a yummy creation a few months ago. It's 2 pieces of bread with mixed up mayo and tuna and a few GREEN olives, yes green olives.. I also put some EVOO and Black pepper. it's so YUMMY !!!

M, i don't think you know that i wanted wonder bread so bad when we were little that i begged my mom to buy me wonder bread for my birthday. this was because we were always getting home made bread those days! geez! i didn't know what i was missing!

I'm probably way too old to be eating these, but my secret vice for lunch is a good ol' Fluffernutter (a peanut butter and Fluff sandwich). I never got to eat them when I was a kid, so maybe that's why I still love them?

Most call it wierd and that's quiet alright, we love it anyway. What we love is rather a strange combination but I seriously think everyone should try it at least once. Two slices of fresh Wonder Bread, Peanut Butter on one slice, Mayo on the other. On the mayo side add a slice of cheese and a couple slices of ham. On the peanut butter side add another slice of cheese and some sliced banana. Slap the two sides together and enjoy with a glass of COLD milk. OH MY ... so very good!

There is a Wonder bread plant fairly close to our house. When you drive by, it smells HEAVENLY! Marissa loves to eat bread. Any carb is great as far as she is concerned. It's interesting to learn that Wonder bread has so much calcium.

We make PB&J every day of this world. Why don't kids get tired of the same thing all the time? I thought we were the only ones making lots of PB&J, but I see so many others do, too. Maybe I need to invest in peanut farming..

Wonder bread oh how I love it. The best comfort food known to me ( next to chocolate); take two fresh slices of bread, spoonful of creamy peanut butter,take a large scoop of the home made strawberry freezer jam( made by your 13 year old daughter with love) mix the pb and j together, spread out on one side of the bread. Top with the other slice of heaven (the bread) and totally enjoy the sandwich that makes you feel like a kid again.

Hmmm, can't remember the last time I've had Wonder bread. I guess I always felt it was not as good for you, but I guess things have changed. I would love to give it another try with peanut butter and banana!